Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Sylvicola fenestralis - Window Gnat

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Anisopodidae (Wood Gnats)
Subfamily Anisopodinae
Genus Sylvicola
No Taxon (subgenus Sylvicola)
Species fenestralis (Window Gnat)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tipula fenestralis Scopoli, 1761
Explanation of Names
From the Latin word for window
Range
Northern USA, Canada, northern Europe and Asia